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Sydney-based sailor Lisa Blair marks a major milestone on her world record attempt to circumnavigate Antarctica.
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A new study by a team of Australian, French and Japanese scientists used aerial and ground surveys of Adelie penguins, tagging and resighting data, as well as automated camera images over several breeding seasons.
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| UpdatedIt turns out we were a little off in guessing how many Adelie penguins there are in East Antarctica. Almost four million off, that is.
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The Antarctic landscape as seen by geologist Marianne Harvey.
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A geologist has returned from an Antarctic expedition keen to boost women in science.
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| UpdatedA group of female scientists go to the ends of the Earth to play their part in smashing the glass ceiling.
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International scientists returning from an eight-week trip to Antarctica's east coast dub their voyage a success, filling gaps in climate research and yielding the world's first detailed map of the region's sea floor.
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30 centimetre sea spiders, stingrays and brittle starfish are just some of the creatures found by the CSIRO cameras deep under the frigid waters off the Totten Coast of eastern Antarctica.
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| UpdatedNever before captured vision of the "harsh and hostile" sea floor off Antarctica's Sabrina Coast will be used to support an application to make the region a Marine Protected Area.
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| UpdatedScientists are employing the help of elephant seals in Antarctica to gather crucial information about the Southern Ocean, but first the animals need to be fitted with one vital piece of equipment: a sensor on their head.
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| UpdatedScientists in Tasmania find a way of determining the age of Antarctic krill, a feat that until now has been impossible. Why is this important? Read on, krillseekers.
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| UpdatedAn Australian team of international scientists is hoping to discover whether meltwater is speeding up the disintegration of the Antarctic's glaciers.
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| UpdatedExploration could be about to take off with the Australian Antarctic Division investigating a new year-round runway site on the icy continent.
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Gardner Island is home to a breeding colony of 26,000 Adelie Penguins. This timelapse footage shows the penguins arriving, setting up their breeding colony, then departing as the snows return.
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| UpdatedNew technology is giving Australian scientists an unprecedented insight into the hidden world of seabirds in the harsh and inhospitable Antarctic environment.
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